I'd rather call what I do cutting since that's what it is. I agree that self-mutilation is a HORRIBLE term. I don't label or call myself a cutter to myself or to anyone else, so I guess it's not that I'm labeling it is just what I call it. If I called it SI or SH I feel like the few people that know would question it more and ask what or how and cutting just lays it out there black and white in a way. SI and SH also makes me feel like I am just doing it based on myself and in my mind it's somewhat effecting others and partially triggered by others, so it's not entirely 'self,' not sure if that makes sense to anyone else, and maybe I'm not to the point of taking full responsibility for it and that's why I just prefer cutting.
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